@article{ref1,
title="Assessing the functions of self-injurious behavior: a case of assessment failure",
journal="Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry",
year="1994",
author="Sturmey, P.",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="331-336",
abstract="Seven attempts to assess the function of self-injurious behavior in a person with profound mental retardation are described. Although repeated correlational and experimental methods were implemented to determine the functional role of this behavior no clear functions were identified. A clinical implication of this case and that this methodology is not all-embracing. Different assumptions should be explored after substantial efforts have failed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0005-7916",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}